Sunday, September 30, 2012

Oh my goodness blog, where have I been? Busy, that's who! I finished my second Intro to Intaglio Class at Tiger Lily Press, with Intermediate Aquatint starting next week- but in those two weeks off, boy I packed it in!
First was a lovely trip to PA with friends to tour amusement parks and Gettysburg and such things. Of course it is always great to see the folks. Then- this wonderful gathering of the Ohio Co-Ops in printmaking, and lastly a crazy road-trip photoshoot with my dear friend Katie who met me up in Cleveland as we traversed most of the state.

But, for business sake- I will just discuss the Columbus Print Gathering for now. Organized by many wonderful folks, including those of Phoenix Rising and Ohio State, we started off with a demo by good ole Mr. Tauber at Logan Elm.

Here Bob demos how to make polymer plates for letterpress- oh no, not OS 7 and the Panther RIP! Lots of memories with this machine...

You've gotta get a good vacuum on the platemaker!

Charles and Bob ponder a few things

How to cut sticky back.

So in an hour we had a little plate ready to go and had it proofed on the press!

But next, before more events, I was whisked away by Sergio, the dept chair, to see the grand new art building and print facilities at Ohio State.

My new friend MP and I check out the acid room

Wow- what a beautiful space!

Gigundo roller- finally unearthed

A gleaming row of presses

Sigh, you can screenprint and gaze out the window

Nice exposure room shared with photo

A screen washout booth now hooked up to compressed air in the building rather than a power washer- you know we'd always break them things

So there you have it! Wow- I was kind of speechless. I could be cranky about the whole thing since our musty old building was bulldozed the second we graduated and this sure would have been nice. But you know what? I really am just happy for everyone. I think it's amazing and full of much-needed improvements. So go Art Dept!

The next event was a private viewing of prints at the Columbus Museum of Art